His Ex-Wife Is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus) novel Chapter 1086

The instant their eyes met, a tremor ran through Evadne’s chest, her thoughts unraveling into a hopeless tangle, like a ball of yarn carelessly shredded by a kitten.

How long had he been waiting here?

All night?

She couldn’t look away from those beautiful, bloodshot eyes. Her nose stung, and her heart skipped wildly in her chest.

But then, the memory crashed back—yesterday at the orphanage, Thaddeus standing beneath the tree with Alexia, protectively shielding another woman in his arms, the intimacy unmistakable.

Evadne’s slender frame shook. She tore her gaze from his face, eyes brimming with bitterness, her throat tightening with each shallow breath.

She had survived storms most people couldn’t imagine. As a doctor with Doctors Without Borders, she’d endured hardship and danger, gone hungry and cold, sometimes not bathing for weeks on end. Even then, she hadn’t felt—

Just as she reached to close the door, Thaddeus surged up from the steps, crossing the distance in a heartbeat. His broad hand caught the edge of the door, only narrowly missing his fingers.

“What are you doing?” Evadne kept her eyes lowered, lashes trembling, but she could still feel the oppressive weight of his gaze pressing in on her.

He leaned down, his chest rising and falling, breath warm against the tip of her reddened nose.

“I’ve been waiting for you.”

“Why are you waiting for me, Mr. Thaddeus? I already had my assistant tell you—I’m not going to see you.”

She turned away, her face pale as paper, voice trembling. “Please leave. I’m exhausted. I just want to go to sleep.”

“Tired, and up so early?”

Thaddeus’s dark eyes swept over her delicate features, his voice low and rough. “I remember—you’ve never been one to sleep in. You always had so much energy. Up with the dawn, out rowing, or at the gym.”

“I’m not made of endless energy. I can be lazy, too.”

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